The Declaration of Independence: Directed by Crane Wilbur. With John Litel, Ted Osborne, Rosella Towne, Richard Bond. This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware, who cast the deciding vote so that the Declaration of Independence was
Includes 'A summary view of the rights of British America' and 'Notes on the state of Virginia' complete; seventy-nine letters; 'Response to the citizens of Albemarle,' 1790; 'Opinion on the constitutionality of a National Bank,' 1791; and many other writings.Thomas Jefferson...
His most important contribution to the revolutionary cause before 1776 was his Summary View of the Rights of British America, composed for the Virginia Convention of 1774; he was elected to the committee to draft a declaration of independence from England. In 1779, Jefferson was elected governor ...
Declaration of Independence is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Crane Wilbur. It won an Academy Award at the 11th Academy Awards in 1939 for Best Short Subject. Released: 1938 Directed by: Crane Wilbur 14 A Boy and His Dog Harry Davenport 19 votes A Boy and His Dog is a 19...
If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it. e.g. He stopped short of explicitly criticizing the government... 他几乎要直言批评政府了。 e.g. The resolution stopped short of an outright declaration of independence. ...
1. little short of : 简直不比...差; 2. in short : 总之; 3. be taken short : 突然觉得要大便; 4. short of : 缺乏, 达不到; 5. for short : 简称, 缩写; 6. go short : [经] 短缺, 卖空; 7. run short (of) : 缺少, 快用完; ...
146. The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 The most important members of this committee were Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Of these Jefferson was the youngest, and the least known. But he had already drawn up a remarkable paper called A Summary View of the Rig...
Slovenian Independence War andMacedonian Declaration of Independence, 1991 It can be argued that the breakup of Yugoslavia started when the Slovenian government in Ljubljana, encouraged by the impending dissolution of the USSR and backed by the positive result of a December 1990 independence referendum,...
The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence begins with these immortal and oft quoted words: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Lib...
Birthday ofJohn Hancock(January 23, 1737), American Revolutionary statesman. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence. Publication ofFederalist Paper #43: The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Consideredwritten by James Madison in ...